With Ravens QB Lamar Jackson sidelined, Tyler Huntley will start regular-season finale vs. Steelers
With Pro Bowl quarterback Lamar Jackson sidelined this week in practice, backup Tyler Huntley will start the Ravens’ regular-season finale Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers, coach John Harbaugh announced Friday. After losing five straight games, the Ravens need a win over the Steelers in Baltimore and help from around the AFC to make their fourth...
With Pro Bowl quarterback Lamar Jackson sidelined this week in practice, backup Tyler Huntley will start the Ravens’ regular-season finale Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers, coach John Harbaugh announced Friday.
Huntley’s fourth career start will be the most important of his young career. After losing five straight games, the Ravens need a win over the Steelers in Baltimore and help from around the AFC to make their fourth straight playoff appearance.
Harbaugh did not have an update on Jackson, who missed practice Wednesday and Thursday with a right ankle injury and has not appeared in a game since Week 14, when he was carted off the field in a loss to the Cleveland Browns on Dec. 12. Friday’s practice was moved indoors and closed to reporters under NFL coronavirus protocols.
Jackson, who never missed a game because of injury before this season, will now likely end the year having missed four in a row. An illness also sidelined him in Week 11, when Huntley made his first career start in a win over the Chicago Bears.
“He wants to be out there every time,” Huntley said Friday of Jackson. “Being in the locker room, it’s so hard to not see him going out there and being great, how he usually is. … I can’t wait for ‘L’ to feel better.”
Huntley, who’s 1-2 as a starter, has completed 67.5% of his passes for 940 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions this season. He’s also added 35 carries for 222 yards and two touchdowns.
This story will be updated.